Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J.,
for the Court.
¶ 1. Patricia Ann Brown was convicted by a Pontotoc County Circuit Court jury of possession of cocaine, in an amount greater than .10 gram but less than 2 grams, and sentenced as a habitual offender to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without eligibility for parole or probation. She now appeals this conviction and sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.
SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. On January 4, 2007, Julius Hole-some, a long-time friend of Brown, was spending the night with Diane Rippley, a woman with whom he had a…
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